"The entire country knows that Mr Modi stole opportunities of the youth to give Rs 30,000 crore to Anil Ambani. No one can suppress the truth about Rafale, it will come out itself," he said. "You have sold the Indian Air Force,"

Continuing his attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused him of selling the Indian Air Force and stealing opportunities of the youth by giving away Rs 30,000 crore to his “friend” and businessman Anil Ambani.

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“The entire country knows that Mr Modi stole opportunities of the youth to give Rs 30,000 crore to Anil Ambani. No one can suppress the truth about Rafale, it will come out itself,” he said. “You have sold the Indian Air Force,” PTI quoted him as saying.

Addressing the concluding session of the Youth Congress nationwide public outreach campaign ‘Yuva Kranti Yatra’, Gandhi said no one will be able to suppress the truth about the “Rafale scam” and it will come out finally.

Gandhi also said that former Defence minister Manohar Parrikar had personally told him he was not consulted when PM Modi changed the deal. Gandhi visited the ailing Goa Chief Minister Tuesday. Referring to the “Goa audio tapes” released by a Congress legislator, Gandhi has alleged that chief minister Manohar Parrikar is in possession of “explosive Rafale secrets”.

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Not sparing the RSS, the ruling party’s ideological parent, Gandhi said the right-wing outfit considers itself to be “above the country”. “They think that they are the authority and source of knowledge in this country. It is absolutely wrong, there is only one source of knowledge in this country, the people.”

Attacking Modi, he said, “The prime minister has worked on dividing the country, burnt the Northeast, Kashmir, made people fight in Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala.” “2014 taught us a lesson that we should not be arrogant and have humility… We did that and now the atmosphere is changing,” he said.